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Dear colleagues, Please see below for further information regarding Lancaster Jazz Festival's symposium. Please also accept my apologies for any cross-postings. For academic related enquiries, contact Nick Gebhardt and address any other queries to me (see contact details below). Best wishes, Leo Burtin Festival Promoter & Coordinator Lancaster Jazz Festival 07584 177591 [log in to unmask] www.lancasterjazz.com facebook.com/lancasterjazz | twitter.com/lancasterjazz Keep up to date with Lancaster Jazz by joining our mailing list Grow your own Festival! Thinking with Jazz symposium 20th September, The Dukes, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. - FREE thinking with jazz is a day-long symposium that takes place during the 2013 Lancaster Jazz Festival. This year, our panelists and keynote speakers include John Cumming (London Jazz Festival), Fiona Talkington (BBC Radio 3), Gerry Godley (Twelve Points Festival, Dublin), George McKay (University of Salford), Tim Wall (Birmingham City University), Kristin McGee (University of Groningen), Matt Robinson (Lancaster Jazz Festival), Pete Moser (More Music) and Tony Whyton (University of Salford). Join them to discuss a range of topics including festivals and social media, spaces and places, funding and programming, and artistic dreams and realities. In the afternoon there will be an open workshop in which symposium participants collaborate on a Grow Your Own Festival resource. Our aim is to provide festival promoters and arts organisations with ideas and practical tools to design festivals which engage local communities in creative and meaningful ways. This event is supported by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Enterprise Centre and the Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts, Lancaster University. For further information, please contact [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] The symposium is free to attend, but early registration is necessary, as lunch will be provided. To register your place, please CLICK HERE.